and god knows, maybe even further east, take precautions. listen, take it seriously. really very seriously. fema is sending 2000 emergency workers to assist local authorities. for now, though, residents are on their own for the duration of the storm. nada tawfik, bbc news, new orleans. the azores, switzerland, and canada are among seven destinations on the government s green travel list today. denmark, finland, liechtenstein and lithuania also move to the list which means travellers arriving in the uk won t have to quarantine. but thailand and montenegro are being added to the red travel list, meaning arrivals must enter a quarantine hotel. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon has tested negative for covid 19 after being identified as close contact to someone with the virus.
the health ministry said a woman suffered a rare side effect leading to inflammation of her heart muscle. pfizer said such side effects were extremely rare. the news of the death comes as the country battles an outbreak of the delta variant after nearly six months of being virus free. a lockdown in auckland has been extended by two weeks. the azores, switzerland, and canada are among seven destinations on the uk government s green travel list today. denmark, finland, liechtenstein and lithuania also move to the list, which means travellers arriving in the uk won t have to quarantine. but thailand and montenegro are being added to the red travel list, meaning arrivals must enter a quarantine hotel. as week two of the paralympics gets underway in tokyo, more than 10,000 people with covid 19 are waiting for treatment in the city. hospitals say they can t deal with the current numbers let alone if there were an outbreak in the paralympic village. our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield